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WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices

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Re: WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices

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post #10

Google might have to be careful how hard they push on security+greed+control tactics like this. I think that most of the world is overdue to replace their ubiquitous computing devices with ones not controlled by the US, and the current administration's behavior must be accelerating those thoughts. (BTW, if a platform were designed for security-first, rather than corporate-surveillance-and-and-passive-engagement-first…

> Google might have to be careful how hard they push on security+greed+control tactics like this.

Security ? Which security ? All or nothing ? /s

Re: WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices

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post #26

There's a whole subsection of app devs that will just stop making apps for android. Getting graphene or a chinese phone with android won't mean anything because all you will be running is old version of apps since there will be very few devs interested in developing for the platform. The vast majority of people owning an android will be buying "certified" devices which means they can no longer run these apps, essenti…

> There's a whole subsection of app devs that will just stop making apps for android

We're finally getting back to native on our computers. /s

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